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"It is not hard to compose, but it is wonderfully hard to let the superfluous notes fall under the table." -Brahms

"I believe in Bach, the Father, Beethoven, the Son, and Brahms, the Holy Ghost of music." -Hans von Bülow

"The veins in his forehead stood out, his wonderful blue eyes became veiled, and he seemed the incarnation of the restrained power in which his own work is forged." -Ethel Smyth (recalling Brahms at the piano)